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Fighting off seizures

Thu, 09/10/2009 - 21:36
Has anyone ever felt a seizure coming on that they felt they could control? My friend told me she is able to fight off seizures sometimes when she feels them coming on. Can that really happen and if so how?

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Re: Fighting off seizures

Submitted by Seruzies on Fri, 2009-09-11 - 02:27
I know that "fight-off a seizure" feeling and afterwards, I knew what had just happened. I was having a powerful aura that didn't turn into a seizure. My whole body tensed, and my head started spinning. I was aware the whole time but couldn't stop it. After a few minutes, my body relaxed and I felt "normal" again. I never "convulsed" but I felt like I could have. As soon as it stopped, I said to myself, "I know what that was, I just had a very strong aura." 

Re: Fighting off seizures

Submitted by pewter on Sat, 2009-09-12 - 21:47

I haven't "fought off" a seizure but I have had incidents where I have a "heightened sense of alert" sensation. 

It's like... I can feel a seizure is initiating.

I get my "smell" or my intense anxiety swell, then it seems like my brain starts to go into the next bit of the seizure - but then it just settles back down and I'm just kinda disoriented and odd feeling afterward.  As well as a bit exhausted.

I haven't "fought off" a seizure but I have had incidents where I have a "heightened sense of alert" sensation. 

It's like... I can feel a seizure is initiating.

I get my "smell" or my intense anxiety swell, then it seems like my brain starts to go into the next bit of the seizure - but then it just settles back down and I'm just kinda disoriented and odd feeling afterward.  As well as a bit exhausted.

Re: Fighting off seizures

Submitted by zepled on Sat, 2009-09-12 - 22:18
I've had situations where I get that old feeling of an aura. I get all the same sensations, and that smell comes along. When that happens, then I get very worried. And then, it all goes away. But, I'm kinda spacy if you know what I mean. And then afterwards, I'm very tired. I feel like I'm run down, VERY run down. I break out in a heavy sweat, my head spins, but.......nothing. I don't know if I'm fighting them off. I've told my sister that I was trying to talk myself out of it, and I think of things, the Army, the Red Sox, whatever it is. The longest one I've ever had without a seizure was about 45 seconds or so. On the other hand, there have been times when I've had shorter ones that became grand mals. And also, there are times when I haven't had any kind of aura before a seizure. But I like to tell myself that I did talk myself out of it. Did I actually???? I really don't know.

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